The INSIDER Summary:

He wrote that the singer and actress looked like "she's in a sumo suit."

Rihanna's fans slammed the post on Twitter and celebrated the singer's body.

The viral post was deleted shortly after being published on May 30, but only because Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy thought it wasn't "funny" enough to defend.

Satirical blogger Chris Spagnuolo is under fire for writing a viral post entitled, "Is Rihanna Going To Make Being Fat The Hot New Trend?"

Spagnuolo — who also goes by the pen name "Spags" — took jabs at the singer and actress, claiming that she looks like she's wearing a "sumo suit."

His controversial write-up appeared on Barstool Sports on May 30, and has since been deleted. However, Glamour reports that this excerpt can still be found online:

"So you see her pushing 180 and it's a tough world to stomach. With all the fat acceptance and 'love me as I am' crowd, there's definitely a world where I could see chicks see Rihanna make some strong 'I don't give a f--k I just love pizza' quote that goes viral and bam we're in a world where all the hottest girls look like the humans in Wall-E. And just in time for summer too. A world of ladies shaped like the Hindenburg loaded into one-piece bathing suits may be on the horizon now that Rihanna is traipsing around out there looking like she's in a sumo suit."

Rihanna's fans slammed the article on Twitter:

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy almost stood by Spagnuolo's commentary — but said that his post wasn't "funny" enough to defend. Here's a portion of Portnoy's announcement to remove the article:

"To be honest I don't think the blog was as bad as many are making it out to be, but I'll tell you this. It wasn't that funny either and I could have told you with absolute certainty that feminists would hate it and use it as an example of 'there goes Barstool being Barstool again.' There are just certain topics that you better nail if you're gonna write about them because you know they are hot button issues for us. So if you're gonna blog about Rihanna gaining weight you better be funny as f--k and you better make it bullet proof."

Speculations concerning Rihanna's weight have grown since early May. Some people on Twitter believe that she might be pregnant or preparing for another movie role.

Regardless, the vast majority of people support Rihanna.

As this excellent Refinery29 article noted, while celebrations of Rihanna's curves like the ones above could be seen as supportive, she is still being seen as having gained a "good" amount of weight in what are deemed the right places. This talk about Rihanna's body may seem celebratory, but it arguably plays into the idea that women's bodies need to look a certain way.